He’s a physical, tough defender that could be a nice fifth or sixth blue liner for a NHL team down the road. His -3 plus/minus doesn’t look impressive when looking at it alone, but he’s on a woefully inept defensive team at UMass. He performed very well in all three zones at the World Juniors, and has proven he can be an aggressive, mean defenseman in his own end.

During the same blog’s 2017 midseason report released on January 12th, 2017, writer Jeff Cox said Lagesson “has been a bright spot on the defensive side of the puck.”

We will get a chance to see what Lagesson has to offer as he will likely be with the Bakersfield Condors next season and forgo his remaining two years of NCAA eligibility.

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Is it just me, or wouldn’t you rather just let him stay in NCAA for another year? He’d be competing with Jones, Paigin, and Simpson for playing time. I’d rather just roll out Paigin/Bear, Jones/Mantha next year, Lagesson/Berglund the following year, and Niemelainen/Marino the year following that. A nice, steady stream of prospects.

i was wondering if they were actually going to sign this guy or not. i wasn’t sure they would but i’m happy they did. he certainly fits the mould of a big, tough, defensive minded d-man that PC wants and you can never have enough good d-men in the system.